Yen Press Announces New Audiobook Partnership with Hachette Audio
New York, NY, May 4, 2021: Yen Press has announced a new partnership with Hachette Audio to produce, sell, and distribute digital audiobook editions of select titles. Heading up the program under the Yen Audio label is Publisher and Managing Director Kurt Hassler, who is teaming up with Hachette Audio's longtime Publisher and SVP Anthony Goff, who negotiated the world rights deal for Hachette Book Group.
Yen Audio will launch four debut titles in Summer and Fall 2021. The first volume of SOLO LEVELING, a South Korean novel by Chugong originally published online in serial releases and the basis of the bestselling webtoon of the same name, will be the first audiobook in the collaboration, slated for publication July 2021. The second release will take place in August, when the initial volume of the acclaimed light novel series SWORD ART ONLINE by author Reki Kawahara is published as a digital audiobook. Voice casting for these titles, as well as for narrators of Fall titles OVERLORD by Kugane Maruyama and THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL by Carlo Zen, will be announced soon separately. After these initial releases, it is expected that the Yen/Hachette Audio partnership will release regular seasonal adaptations.
Hassler said of the partnership, “Yen has been aware of the interest in audiobook adaptations of its novels for some time, and we're incredibly excited not only to finally be taking this step but to be doing so with the GRAMMY® Award-winning talent at Hachette Audio. We could not be more excited to be launching both this program and partnership.”
“This partnership is an amazing opportunity, and one we've cultivated for many years, since Yen was a part of Hachette Book Group,” concurred Goff. “I couldn't be more pleased to work with Kurt, and the fantastic team at Yen, as we look forward to introducing more audio interpretations of their popular series to listeners around the world.”
These audiobooks based on Yen Press content will be available wherever downloadable audiobooks are sold, across platforms including Apple Books, Audible, Audiobooks.com, Downpour, Google Books, LIBRO.fm, Kobo, and more.
TITLE
AUTHOR
ISBN
US/CAN DLP
EST. RUN
RELEASE
SOLO LEVELING, VOL. 1
Chugong
9781975325886
$25.98/$32.98
9.5 hours
July 2021
SWORD ART ONLINE 1: AINCRAD
Reki Kawahara
9781975337186
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Aug 2021
OVERLORD, VOL. 1
Kugane Maruyama, so-bin
9781975337490
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Sep 2021
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 2
Chugong
9781975325893
$25.98/$32.98
10 hours
Oct 2021
SWORD ART ONLINE 2: AINCRAD
Reki Kawahara
9781975337209
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Oct 2021
THE MIRACLES OF THE NAMIYA GENERAL STORE
Keigo Higashino
9781975338350
$25.98/$32.98
9.5 hours
Nov 2021
THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL, VOL. 1
Carlo Zen, Shinobu Shinotsuki
9781975337452
$25.98/$32.98
10 hours
Nov 2021
OVERLORD, VOL. 2
Kugane Maruyama, so-bin
9781975338336
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Dec 2021
SWORD ART ONLINE 3: FAIRY DANCE
Reki Kawahara
9781975337216
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Dec 2021
Yen Press, LLC is a joint venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Founded in 2006, Yen Press has quickly risen to become one of the largest and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in the North American marketplace and a driving force in the introduction of light novels and Japanese literature to new readers through its Yen On imprint. For more information, visit www.Yen Press.com.
Hachette Audio is a publisher of a variety of popular genres in audio form, which matches Hachette Book Group material with talented actors, composers, and producers to find its fullest expression. Their audiobooks are primarily based on material published in print and online by Grand Central Publishing; Little, Brown and Company; Hachette Nashville; Orbit; JIMMY Patterson; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; and Perseus Books, and have been recognized for the highest quality of content and production with numerous GRAMMY, Audie, Listen Up! and Earphone awards. Unabridged and abridged titles are available on CD and as digital downloads.
Yen Audio will launch four debut titles in Summer and Fall 2021. The first volume of SOLO LEVELING, a South Korean novel by Chugong originally published online in serial releases and the basis of the bestselling webtoon of the same name, will be the first audiobook in the collaboration, slated for publication July 2021. The second release will take place in August, when the initial volume of the acclaimed light novel series SWORD ART ONLINE by author Reki Kawahara is published as a digital audiobook. Voice casting for these titles, as well as for narrators of Fall titles OVERLORD by Kugane Maruyama and THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL by Carlo Zen, will be announced soon separately. After these initial releases, it is expected that the Yen/Hachette Audio partnership will release regular seasonal adaptations.
Hassler said of the partnership, “Yen has been aware of the interest in audiobook adaptations of its novels for some time, and we're incredibly excited not only to finally be taking this step but to be doing so with the GRAMMY® Award-winning talent at Hachette Audio. We could not be more excited to be launching both this program and partnership.”
“This partnership is an amazing opportunity, and one we've cultivated for many years, since Yen was a part of Hachette Book Group,” concurred Goff. “I couldn't be more pleased to work with Kurt, and the fantastic team at Yen, as we look forward to introducing more audio interpretations of their popular series to listeners around the world.”
These audiobooks based on Yen Press content will be available wherever downloadable audiobooks are sold, across platforms including Apple Books, Audible, Audiobooks.com, Downpour, Google Books, LIBRO.fm, Kobo, and more.
TITLE
AUTHOR
ISBN
US/CAN DLP
EST. RUN
RELEASE
SOLO LEVELING, VOL. 1
Chugong
9781975325886
$25.98/$32.98
9.5 hours
July 2021
SWORD ART ONLINE 1: AINCRAD
Reki Kawahara
9781975337186
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Aug 2021
OVERLORD, VOL. 1
Kugane Maruyama, so-bin
9781975337490
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Sep 2021
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 2
Chugong
9781975325893
$25.98/$32.98
10 hours
Oct 2021
SWORD ART ONLINE 2: AINCRAD
Reki Kawahara
9781975337209
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Oct 2021
THE MIRACLES OF THE NAMIYA GENERAL STORE
Keigo Higashino
9781975338350
$25.98/$32.98
9.5 hours
Nov 2021
THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL, VOL. 1
Carlo Zen, Shinobu Shinotsuki
9781975337452
$25.98/$32.98
10 hours
Nov 2021
OVERLORD, VOL. 2
Kugane Maruyama, so-bin
9781975338336
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Dec 2021
SWORD ART ONLINE 3: FAIRY DANCE
Reki Kawahara
9781975337216
$25.98/$32.98
7.5 hours
Dec 2021
Yen Press, LLC is a joint venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Founded in 2006, Yen Press has quickly risen to become one of the largest and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in the North American marketplace and a driving force in the introduction of light novels and Japanese literature to new readers through its Yen On imprint. For more information, visit www.Yen Press.com.
Hachette Audio is a publisher of a variety of popular genres in audio form, which matches Hachette Book Group material with talented actors, composers, and producers to find its fullest expression. Their audiobooks are primarily based on material published in print and online by Grand Central Publishing; Little, Brown and Company; Hachette Nashville; Orbit; JIMMY Patterson; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; and Perseus Books, and have been recognized for the highest quality of content and production with numerous GRAMMY, Audie, Listen Up! and Earphone awards. Unabridged and abridged titles are available on CD and as digital downloads.
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